Ronit Kreisberger

MA (Oxon) 1995, BCL (Oxon) 1997
Call date: 1999

Summary

Ronit Kreisberger is widely recognised as a leading junior in EU/competition law.  She spent 7 years at Herbert Smith where she was a qualified Solicitor-Advocate and senior associate in the EU/Competition law department and since then has "quickly won a reputation at the Bar": Chambers UK (2010).  In January 2007 Ronit was listed by The Lawyer as one of the year's "Hot 100" in which she was described as a "rising star" in competition law.   Ronit has "an excellent reputation for High Court damages actions": The Legal 500 (2008) and "can take charge when others despair and frequently spots the key point that will win a case": Chambers UK (2010). Ronit has particular expertise in merger control and competition law issues arising in the field of sport and the licensing of media rights.

Ronit is a member of the Attorney General's C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown and a contributing editor of the sixth edition of Bellamy & Child, The European Community Law of Competition, 2008.

Recent Major Cases

ECJ

  • 02 and others v Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (2007) All ER (D) 120: acting for Vodafone in challenge to the EC's regulation of roaming charges

High Court

  • Intecare Direct v Pfizer: 2009, acting for Pfizer in Intecare's unsuccessful application for a mandatory injunction, based on constructive refusal to supply under Art 102/Chapter II, compelling Pfizer to supply a drug to Intecare without evidence that it was being provided under hospital contracts.
  • BAGS v AMRAC: 2008, Chancery Division; 2009, Court of  Appeal, acting for AMRAC and racecourse shareholders in unsuccessful challenge by bookmakers to the licensing of the racecourses' media sport rights
  • UV v Nominet: claim for injunction/damages for breach of Chapters I and II concerning registration of 2 letter domain names (settled)
  • The Leaflet Company v Royal Mail: acting for Royal Mail in damages action for breach of Article 82 (settled)
  • Cityhook v BT & Ors: acting for Alcatel in damages action for alleged collective boycott (stayed)
  • AAH and others v Pfizer (2007) EWHC 565: Acting for pharmaceutical wholesalers in application for interim relief against Pfizer's exclusive arrangements with UniChem
  • Inntrepreneur v Crehan (2006) UKHL 38, House of Lords: Acting for the OFT in its intervention in the House of Lords proceedings in landmark case on damages
  • MAN ERF v Wootton Trucks Ltd (2006) EWCA Civ 1042: Acting for MAN ERF in its successful appeal against a mandatory injunction

Competition Appeal Tribunal

  • CDI AndersElite v OFT: acting for appellant in appeal against the penalty imposed by OFT in the construction recruitment cartel decision
  • Ballast Nedam v OFT: acting for appellant in appeal against penalty imposed by OFT in construction cartel decision
  • Aggregate Industries v OFT: acting for intervener, Hanson, in challenge to OFT's refusal to approve purchaser pursuant to undertakings given in lieu

 Other cases

  • Acting for the Office of Fair Trading in its investigation under Article 81 into credit card interchange fees
  • Acting for a major chemicals company in a commercial arbitration concerning breach of Article 81